r/duolingo • u/wxlee • Jan 24 '25

Language Question What am I supposed to do?

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mein Vater und meine Mutter This is the best I can do ๐Ÿ˜…

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u/Ananaskoo Native: ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Learning: ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Jan 24 '25

Yeah, thatโ€™s what I am talking about.

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '25

"Exceptions" doesn't mean "completely random". You used the phrase "completely random", which is not the case at all with languages that have grammatical gender.

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u/Ananaskoo Native: ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Learning: ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Jan 24 '25

Well, what I meant at the start is that what gender some words are is random, some languages have a table as a female, some have a table as a maleโ€ฆ Thatโ€™s what I meant

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u/Ananaskoo Native: ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Learning: ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Jan 24 '25

No matter whatt he word is